Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged the Ministry of Justice to chair and coordinate with the State Bank to urgently research and finalize the legal framework for managing virtual currencies in Vietnam and report to the Prime Minister by January 30, 2018.

Euro Auto Joint Stock Company (Euro Auto), the authorized importer and distributor of BMW, has falsified the records for tax avoidance, constituted behavior associated with the smuggling and transferred all illegal profits abroad, according to General Department of Vietnam Customs (Vietnam Customs).

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has assigned the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance and other relevant agencies to strictly handle the commercial infringements caused by Khai Duc Ltd., Co. (Khaisilk) in accordance with the law.

The Hanoi People’s Court today opened the first instance hearing of the trial of Dinh La Thang and 21 other defendants accused of serious economic crimes at PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC).

Due to strong opposition against the proposal on raising value added tax (VAT), the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has recently proposed to delay the VAT increase to 11 per cent until from January 01, 2019 and to 12 per cent until January 01, 2020.